HeyJaredCreative Communion
Creative Communion is an offering of poems, stories, truths and more, by two middle-aged Black women writers from the South, who are mothering Black sons.
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Summer 2026 (opens the original)
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As the weather shifts from cool to hot and then back to cool again, I am reminded of some of the wonderful moments of summer. These photos show up in no particular order. There are so many I could have chosen. So many that will stay in my phone for me to return to on another day. But these are the ones I wanted to explore more deeply. These are the perspectives that feel like they share more than what I could explain with words.I don’t know if they are the best, but they signify moments that hol
A View from the Open Plain- A Photo Album (opens the original)
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“The following year, my brother and I were drawn to The Grey, a Black-owned restaurant built in a formerly segregated Greyhound bus station in Savannah, Georgia” (124).“The next morning our “From Slavery to Freedom Tour” began with a dedication song and a promise that our Gullah Geechee guide and tour founder Sister Patt Gunn would tell the truth, and no one need therapy the tour. She did not elaborate but surely her caveat was influenced by current national conversations about banning books, ba
155 James Street (opens the original)
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Chapter 1 The house couldn’t help but laugh. The way the words came spewing from Grace’s lips.“I’m ready,” she had said, with a confidence that 155 James Street had not seen before. She did it with a straight spine, looking Mama June squarely in the eyes. Her certainty when the words hit the floor was enough to make 155 James Street and Mama June readjust. Shift a little to the side like when a mother switches her baby from one hip to the other because the child is too heavy or fidgeting too muc
Celebrate With Me this September 20th (opens the original)
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I hope you will consider joining me to celebrate my new book: Cartography. Please RSVP through this Evite link: Yvette's Book Launch Party<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="562" src="https://substackcdn.com/imag
Introducing Yvette’s New Book (opens the original)
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I am excited to share with you the cover of my new book. Visit the July 28th Announcement Post for more about Cartography: A Meditation on Mapping Home! In 2023, I published this essay, Family history, distilled: My ancestor Nathan “Nearest” Green, Jack Daniel’s and my dad’s sobriety in <a href="https://www.salon.com/2023/01/14/fami
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